mucoidaladj.
/mjuːˈkɔɪdl/, U.S. /mjuˈkɔɪd(ə)l/ rare. Chiefly Zoology.
= mucoid adj. 1.
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rheumatica1398
phlegmy?c1425
phlegmaticc1503
mucous1578
pituitous1578
rheumy1583
phlegmatical1586
pituous1617
pituitose1710
mucoid1849
mucoidal1849
myxoid1890
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 149 Those thinner parts of the fin that are traversed by the caudal rays,—wholly mucoidal, as shown by this test.
1951 Amer. Midland Naturalist 46 666 The contents [of virgulae] are mucoidal in nature and demonstrate certain of the general properties of that mucoid.
1999 Invertebr. Biol. 118 289 These structures..are composed of three acellular layers separated by fluid or mucoidal layers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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